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title: "1 Eleanor Quotes By Mary Schmich"
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> [A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/a-line-from-one-of-my-1997-columns-do-one-thing-every-day-that-scares/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

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## Other authors on Eleanor

## More by Mary Schmich

> [Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/linda-tripp-has-shown-that-a-true-friend-is-an-archivist-a-biographer/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/the-movies-we-love-and-admire-are-to-some-extent-a-function-of-who-we/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/don-t-feel-guilty-if-you-don-t-know-what-you-want-to-do-with-your/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/dance-even-if-you-have-nowhere-to-do-it-but-your-living-room/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/thanksgiving-without-tension-is-like-a-thanksgiving-without-turkey-it/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/don-t-waste-your-time-on-jealousy-sometimes-you-re-ahead-sometimes/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/i-couldn-t-have-foreseen-all-the-good-things-that-have-followed-my/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/on-an-average-day-we-allow-ourselves-the-fiction-that-we-own-a-piece/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/be-nice-to-your-siblings-they-are-your-link-to-the-past-and-the/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/families-are-ecosystems-each-life-grows-in-response-to-the-lives/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/you-can-map-your-life-through-your-favorite-movies-and-no-two-people/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Barbie is just a doll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/barbie-is-just-a-doll/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/chicago-is-constantly-auditioning-for-the-world-determined-that-one/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [When you're thinking, "Why do I have to eat Aunt Sue's casserole with potato chips crumbled on top again?" change that thought to "A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/when-you-re-thinking-why-do-i-have-to-eat-aunt-sue-s-casserole-with/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/be-kind-to-your-knees-you-ll-miss-them-when-they-re-gone/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

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